Bass Player: Kevin Fitzgerald/Mac Hines Bilbo is currently working with Suffolk, UK, based guitarist/compose Kevin Fitzgerald on taking his studio project ‘Panoply’ on the road. AS part of this process, he is transcribing charts for the tunes that Kevin is looking to include in the band’s set list. The attached chart is the bass part…

Bass Player: Jeff Berlin There is always room for some more Jeff Berlin on this website. This is a full transcription of the tune ‘Lien On Me’ from Jeff’s 2004 CD, ‘Lumpy Jazz’. A VERY tricky chart. The ledger lines are a nightmare but we have stuck with them rather than the 8va approach due…

Bass Player: James Jamerson The unmistakable sound of James Jamerson, this was a request that came through the website. A player out there needed a set of dots transcribed into a different key from the tune’s original key of C. The attached charts are in C, G for a 5 string bass (low B) and…

Bass Player: Kevin Fitzgerald/Mac Hines Panoply is a highly original instrumental progressive music project which draws on Classical, Jazz and Rock influences. Panoply creates high quality, melodic, powerful, emotional and intelligent music for those seeking something outside of the musical mainstream. The compositional emphasis is on complex arrangements mixed with strong melodies arriving at serious…

Bass Player: Jeff Andrews The complete bass performance on the 1988 Mike Stern album, ‘Time In Place’ as performed by the late, great Jeff Andrews.

Bass Player: Jeff Andrews The last of the ‘Time In Place’ transcriptions, this is the complete Jeff Andrews performance of ‘Four Shades’. A tough nut to crack, this one, and there are a couple of bars around the 108 mark that are a bit vague as the recording of the bass loses it’s definition here.…

Bass Player: Jeff Andrews Another transcription from the 1988 Mike Stern album, ‘Time In Place’, this is the tune ‘After All’, a ballad with a funky staccato section. Classic Stern composition beautifully executed by Andrews. Listen for the part when he plays a rooted C AND plays the melody in unison with Sterns chords. A…

Bass Player: Jeff Andrews Jeff Andrews grew up in Baltimore, Maryland where he was exposed to rock and jazz musicians in the late ’60s and early ’70s. This was bound to result in young Andrews falling in love with the new music of the 1970, which was later dubbed fusion. Between 1976 and 1978, he attended the…

Bass Player: Jimmy ‘Flim’ Johnson Jimmy Johnson (born 1956) is an American bass guitarist best known for his work with James Taylor, Allan Holdsworth, and Flim and The BBs. Raised in a rich musical environment, his father was a 47-year member of the Minnesota Orchestra’s bass section, his mother a piano teacher and accompanist, and his…

Bass Player: Walter Becker The Fagan/Becker partnership was the brains, heart and soul behind the band Steeley Dan who, despite their legendary status, recorded just 9 albums between 1972 and 2003. The two men did, however, work on other projects together including Fagan’s second solo album, the Grammy nominated ‘Kamakiriad’ (Japanese for ‘praying mantis’). On…